The 2025 Monster Manual for Dungeons & Dragons brings over 500 creatures to the fifth edition of the game with brand-new monsters, redesigned stat blocks, and expanded lore. Whether you’re a ...

Why Trust Us? As a tenth-level tiefling wizard, I am perhaps more excited than most about the new 2024 edition of the Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual. The monsters have never been scarier ...

It appeared this might be the official way for players to know monster weaknesses and abilities in-character, but this ...

Charlie Hall is Polygon’s tabletop editor. In 12-plus years as a journalist & photographer, he has covered simulation, strategy, and spacefaring games, as well as public policy. Several elements ...

Challenge rating (CR) is an easy-to-use indicator of a monster’s relative strength. Crawford and his team at Wizards of the Coast said they redesigned some monsters extensively, creating ...